Samolot LWS-3 Mewa - karabin maszynowy w goleni podwozia

Karabin maszynowy wz. 36, also known as Karabin lotniczy uniwersalny wz. 36 ( en, Machine gun Mark 1936 and en, Aerial Universal Machine Gun, respectively) was a Polish 7.9 mm calibre aerial

machine gun A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic shotguns and automatic rifles (including assault rifles and battle rifles) a ...

of the 1930s. It was a further modified version of Karabin maszynowy wz. 33, itself a modification of the successful

Ckm wz.30 Ckm wz. 30 (short for ''ciężki karabin maszynowy wz. 30''; "heavy machine gun 1930 Pattern") is a Polish-made clone of the American Browning M1917 heavy machine gun. Produced with various modifications such as greater caliber, longer barrel and ...

multi-purpose HMG. The major differences between wz. 33 and wz.36 included redesigned feeding mechanisms allowing for the weapon to be fed from both sides (and coupled on double mountings). It was fed by belt magazines of 100 bullets each. Intended to become the main type of aerial machine gun in Polish service both as fixed wing- or nose-mounted and as turret-mounted weapon, due to the introduction of Karabin maszynowy wz. 37 it was to serve only in fixed mountings in such planes as

LWS-3 Mewa The LWS-3 Mewa ("Seagull") was a Polish observation and close reconnaissance aircraft, designed in the late-1930s by the LWS factory. It was ordered by the Polish Air Force, but did not manage to enter service before the outbreak of World War II ...

PZL.38 Wilk The PZL.38 ''Wilk'' (''wolf'') (PZL-38) was a Polish heavy fighter developed and manufactured by PZL state factory in 1937. Intended for use primarily as a fighter-bomber, the Polish Air Force also envisioned it replacing light fighters in long-r ...

PZL.46 Sum PZL.46 Sum ('' sheatfish'') was a light bomber of the Polish Air Force before World War II, which, was directed to serial production in the spring of 1939. These planes were in production, but the Polish industry did not manage to produce them bef ...

, PZL.45 Sokół,

PZL.48 Lampart The PZL.48 Lampart (''leopard'') was a Polish heavy fighter-bomber design, that remained only a project, owing to the outbreak of World War II. Design and development The PZL.48 was a development of the heavy fighter-bomber PZL.38 Wilk, designe ...

and PZL.50 Jastrząb. Nevertheless, a man-operated mounting was also developed and was used in

PZL.43 The PZL.43 was a Polish light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed in the mid-1930s by PZL in Warsaw. It was an export development of the PZL.23 Karaś. Its main user was the Bulgarian Airforce who called it the Chaika (Чайка, ''gul ...

and PZL.43A light bombers used by

Bulgarian Air Force The Bulgarian Air Force ( bg, Военновъздушни сили, Voennovazdushni sili) is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces. Its mission is to guard and p ...

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